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New Requirements to Travel to Europe

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Re: New Requirements to Travel to Europe

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> You will need a payment card to cover the EUR 7 fee. You can use a variety of online payment options to pay the fee. And no cash options?

People still use cash in the modern world? I haven't needed it in years. Don't know anybody else either (Estonia).

A huge percentage of daily life in Germany (Europe's biggest economy) and Austria is conducted in cash.

https://www.bundesbank.de/en/press/press-releases/payment-be...

Re: New Requirements to Travel to Europe

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I think this is because of the sketchy way in which passports for various tax havens, Caribbean countries, etc (not mutually exclusive) have been sold and bought and those passports allowed visa-free access to the EU. The corruption in those countries puts the EU borders at risk, hence these new rules.

Sauce: https://www.occrp.org/en/dominica-passports-of-the-caribbean...

Re: New Requirements to Travel to Europe

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> You will need a payment card to cover the EUR 7 fee. You can use a variety of online payment options to pay the fee. And no cash options?

People still use cash in the modern world? I haven't needed it in years. Don't know anybody else either (Estonia).

not everyone wants to give their identity to every street vendor to buy a taco

Re: New Requirements to Travel to Europe

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> You will need a payment card to cover the EUR 7 fee. You can use a variety of online payment options to pay the fee. And no cash options?

People still use cash in the modern world? I haven't needed it in years. Don't know anybody else either (Estonia).

Plenty in use in some EU countries (Germamy comes to mind).

Re: New Requirements to Travel to Europe

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

People still use cash in the modern world? I haven't needed it in years. Don't know anybody else either (Estonia).

A huge percentage of daily life in Germany (Europe's biggest economy) and Austria is conducted in cash. https://www.bundesbank.de/en/press/press-releases/payment-be...

Well Germany isn't really considered modern by northern EU standards, as would most northern EU citizens tell you. Don't know about Austria however.

Re: New Requirements to Travel to Europe

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

People still use cash in the modern world? I haven't needed it in years. Don't know anybody else either (Estonia).

A huge percentage of daily life in Germany (Europe's biggest economy) and Austria is conducted in cash. https://www.bundesbank.de/en/press/press-releases/payment-be...

That’s true, same with England, but the Scandinavian countries (and others around them) are essentially cashless now. I’ve lived in Sweden for three months and yet to see a single note (literally!).

Re: New Requirements to Travel to Europe

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

People still use cash in the modern world? I haven't needed it in years. Don't know anybody else either (Estonia).

Plenty in use in some EU countries (Germamy comes to mind).

Like mentioned in another reply here, Germany is quite outdated when it comes to these things, and I wouldn't consider Germany a modern country (by northern European standards).

Re: New Requirements to Travel to Europe

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post #12

I think this is because of the sketchy way in which passports for various tax havens, Caribbean countries, etc (not mutually exclusive) have been sold and bought and those passports allowed visa-free access to the EU. The corruption in those countries puts the EU borders at risk, hence these new rules. Sauce: https://www.occrp.org/en/dominica-passports-of-the-caribbean...

It's a tit-for-tat response to ESTA.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

People still use cash in the modern world? I haven't needed it in years. Don't know anybody else either (Estonia).

not everyone wants to give their identity to every street vendor to buy a taco

How am I giving my identity to a street vendor when I pay without cash?

Re: New Requirements to Travel to Europe

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> You will need a payment card to cover the EUR 7 fee. You can use a variety of online payment options to pay the fee. And no cash options?

How do you want to put cash into your computer?

Send it in the post, with tracking, then fax the proof of sending it to their head office. If the fax machine is broken request an Avian alternative.
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